Re: Any reason why the default_with_oids GUC is still there?

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Any reason why the default_with_oids GUC is still there?
Date: 2010-09-21 21:15:07
Message-ID: 4C99205B.2050409@agliodbs.com
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On 9/20/10 10:59 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 21/09/10 04:18, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> ... or did we just forget to remove it?
>
> Backwards-compatibility? ;-) There hasn't been any pressing reason to
> remove it.

Any application which needed it (like OpenACS) just got broken when we
removed add_missing_from. Let alone the typecasting changes in 8.3.

Personally, I find removing GUCS to be a worthwhile goal in itself. We
have well over 200 now.

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-- Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://www.pgexperts.com

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